| 单词 | against the flood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasagainst the flood 2. A body of flowing water; a river, stream, usually, a large river. Obsolete exc. poetic. †against the flood: against the stream. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > [noun] > river floodc825 streamc875 eaeOE water streamOE flumec1175 fleamc1300 riverc1300 currentc1380 reea1500 ford1563 fluent1598 draught1601 nymph1605 amnic1623 flux1637 nullah1656 R1692 currency1758 silent highway1841 c825 Vesp. Psalter lxxix [lxxx]. 12 Ðu aðenedes..oð flod [L. flumen] setene his. c1000 Ælfric Genesis ii. 10 Þæt flod eode of stowe þære winsumnisse. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10612 O ȝonnd hallf flod wass sannt iohan. Bapptisste forr to fullhtnenn. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5624 Þe kings doghter plaiand yod And sagh þe vessel on þe flodd. c1485 Digby Myst. v. 491 I wyll no more row a-geyn the fflode. 1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes xii. 15 A flod called the Thames. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 3v, in 2nd Pt. Herball The bathes of Baden..are betwene the famous flode the Rene and the black or martian wood. 1605 T. Sparke Brotherly Perswasion (1607) 59 The water of the flood Iordan. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 407 Ev'ry..hollow Rock, that o'er the dimpling Flood Nods pendant. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone ii. 37 She will to her peaceful woods Return, and to her murmuring floods. < as lemmas |
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